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What to see and do in Ballesteros de Calatrava

What to see and do in Ballesteros de Calatrava (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Ballesteros de Calatrava: festival calendar

July: Festivities of la Virgen de la Consolación de Ballesteros (first weekend of July)

Towns near Ballesteros de Calatrava

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What to see and do in Ballesteros de Calatrava

Ballesteros de Calatrava
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Campo de Calatrava, in the province of Ciudad Real, with two volcanic structures in its district, La Atalaya, monogenetic and of lava, and La Conejera, a mixed centre with pyroclastic cones of up to 130 metres; its church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación boasts a Plateresque doorway with medallions of Saint Peter and elements of Mudéjar influence, and the Palacio de la Serna, a former possession of the Order of Calatrava, has been refurbished as a hotel. In 1933 Antolina Natividad David Valiente became the first woman to hold its mayoralty.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Ballesteros
Monument
The church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Ballesteros de Calatrava is the parish temple of the town, in the comarca of Campo de Calatrava, possibly dating, like the town itself, from the 14th century. Part of it collapsed and was rebuilt in 1861; of the original construction only the polygonal apse head is preserved, in a single-nave building. The plateresque doorway displays medallions of San Pedro and San Pablo, candelieri and a pointed arch with archaic features, and the whole shows a strong Mudéjar influence, also visible in the remains of coffered ceiling inside. Some images from this parish are today kept in the Museo Diocesano de Ciudad Real.
Palace of la Serna
Monument
Former possession of the Orden de Calatrava in Ballesteros de Calatrava, restored as a hotel and venue with an art collection. After the disentailment of Mendizábal it passed to the mining industrialist Francisco Pérez Crespo; his niece Anastasia Ochoa Pérez built the palace on the former site of the military order. The property changed hands among several families, among them the Enríquez de Salamanca, until in 1993 it was acquired by the Sánchez-Bermejo Espinosa family, who opened it as a hotel in 1995 and turned it into a five-star establishment on reaching, in 2006, the categoría de Primera de Castilla-La Mancha.
Volcanoes of La Atalaya and La Conejera
Nature
Volcanic structures in the municipal district of Ballesteros de Calatrava: La Atalaya is a monogenetic lava volcano and La Conejera a mixed centre with pyroclastic cones of up to 130 metres.
Festivities of la Virgen de la Consolación de Ballesteros
Activity
Ballesteros de Calatrava celebrates its patronal festivities in honor of the Virgen de la Consolación on the first weekend of July.
Antolina David Valiente, mayor in 1933
Curiosity
Antolina Natividad David Valiente became mayor of Ballesteros de Calatrava in 1933, the first woman to hold the post in the town, and to this day the only one. A qualified state schoolteacher by profession, she had been born in Arrigorriaga (Vizcaya) on 2 September 1907 and reached the mayoralty during the Second Republic through a Comisión Gestora Municipal. She died in Ballesteros de Calatrava on 18 October 1942.